Frå kalkmørtel og stein til treverk og glas Håkonshallens arkitektur gjennom næringsverksemders handverk - frå mellomalderen og fram til i dag

Summary This master`s thesis deals with Haakon`s Hall in the center of Bergen, a significant and monumental stone building from the Middle Ages. The Hall was erected when Håkon Håkonsson was a king, and it was completed in the year 1261. In addition to the title as a medieval building, there have been several different events that have ran into the hall which has helped to develop the architecture of Haakon`s Hall. Among other factors Haakon`s Hall was characterized by decay after it was used as a grain storehouse after the Royal Family left Bergen after the Middle Ages, and it has been exposed to extensive destruction through an explosion accident that stroke the center of Bergen in the year1944. This again has led to a need to save or repair the architecture of Haakon`s Hall, and two different restorations came into force on this basis. The work with restorations in addition to the work that was done when Haakon`s Hall was erected and especially the work that is done at Haakon`s Hall today, can be seen through various business activities that all have in common to work with the architecture of Haakon`s Hall. The approaches to architecture through crafts in the various business activities have been very different, and the range extends entirely from technical and aesthetic solutions for building and carving stone, works of art, sketches, archaeological investigations, architectural drawings, and realization of architecture from completely different periods than the Middle Ages. Still, everyone has in common that they have been a part of larger working processes and that they have created discussions about the architecture of the Haakon`s Hall. This also takes part in to tell something about the current business activities at Haakon`s Hall, which works to take care of the architecture of Haakon`s Hall, both through preservation in addition to take care of its history and communicate it further. Essential are also plans for future business activities, due to business activities seem to be an endless process that will continue. Therefore, this master`s main theme will be: «How has Haakon`s Hall been a central part of various business activities from the time it was erected in the Middle Ages until today? And how can one through the business activities ‘approaches to different work processes and execution of crafts get a greater understanding of the complex architecture that the building is been characterized of?